While shark attacks are rare, and drowning is actually the greater risk for surfers, there is another dark side to surfing. What exactly are the health risks for the shapers – those who create the boards? Surfer Today poised that question earlier this month, and noted that many of today’s higher tech materials – notably polymers – could put the surfboard shapers at health risks.
That’s certainly not to increase the good vibrations anytime soon, but as with our modern materials it is crucial that safety protocols are followed.
[From Surfer Today: The health risks of surfboard shaping materials]